债务藕断丝连 希腊何去何从
概述：IMF前经济专家分析希腊债务问题。Hints:
Simon Johnson
Brussels
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答疑：liuczhihttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/201205131202427985909.mp3Now this has been a week in which the political will of Greece to honour its commitments to austerity and structural reform has been thrown into doubt as never before. World markets have headed south. British bookmakers have stopped taking bets on whether Greece will soon be forced out of the single European currency. The basic problem of course is that Greece depends on international loans to avoid defaulting on its multibillion-dollar debts, loans that are coming partly from Brussels which is demanding more cuts and partly from the International Monetary Fund. The fund has dumped out about a quarter of 170-billion-dollar Greek bailout provided so far. But while European leaders continue to talk tough, how does the IMF regard the Greek dilemma? Is there room for manoeuvre in the great debate between requiring further cuts to this struggling economy, or is there room to spend more to provide stimulus? I ask the former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson.
"There's always wiggle room. You can always adjust the terms of a programme if you're willing to provide more funding, more financing. And of course you have to be convinced that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Depending on the political pressures, you can become more or less convinced of that. But unfortunately, given where the Greeks are today, where they've come from and the way the elections are played out, I think that hope is being abandoned, as we speak. And I think they will be shortly going their own way."本周人们比以往更加质疑希腊兑现其紧缩和结构改革诺言的政治决心。全球市场都步伐减缓。英国赌场老板不再跟人进行希腊是否快被踢出单一欧元区的打赌。显然最基本的问题是，希腊为避免几十亿美元的违约，它依靠的是来自世界的借款。其中，一部分借款来自布鲁塞尔，而布鲁塞尔方面要求希腊进一步减缩财政，另一部分借款来自世界货币基金组织。迄今为止，世界货币基金组织已经就援助希腊倾囊425亿美元。但在目前来自欧洲领导人的一片恶言恶语中，世界货币基金组织如何看待希腊的两难处境？在这场大论战中，纠结的希腊是否还有余地采取策略进一步缩减开支，亦或是增加开销刺激消费？我询问了世界货币基金组织前首席经济学家西蒙·约翰逊。
“我们总有余地的。只要你愿意提供资金，融资，你就能调整一个项目的条款。当然，你必须说服自己，告诉自己在隧道终点时会有曙光。基于不同的政治压力，你会或多或少相信这一点。但不幸的是，就希腊目前所处的境地以及它以往的情形来看，加上选举结束的方式，我想希望已经要破灭了。我想不久他们就得独自上路了。”
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